Weather Records on 7 January 2019

538 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 January 2019. Highest significance: Bowman Dam, US.

Key Facts for 7 January 2019

On 7 January 2019, 538 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
269 were record highs and 22 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 529 daily.
Bowman Dam set a daily record snowfall of 78.7 cm (31.0 in) on 7 January 2019.
Across 158 earlier years (1826 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 517 records.

Record Map

538 stations

538 station records on 7 January 2019 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 January 2019: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bowman Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Portola	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Vinton	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lancang	China	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Portage	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Paso de Los Toros	Uruguay	Record daily precipitation	166.6 mm (6.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dulan	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Malad City	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sigmarszell-Zeisertsweiler	Germany	Record snow depth	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada City	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Marais	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lucindale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Picabo	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Howard	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lynch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Washta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Spur	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Old Faithful	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lewis	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Madison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fruita	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Boone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sanborn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elk Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Dane Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zugdidi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glenbrook	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sault Ste Marie Sanderson Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gold Run 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alcalde	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St Marys 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Buttonwillow	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Markley Cove	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Shoshone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grass Valley #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gibbs Rch - Jarbidge 24SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Silver Lake Brighton	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sparks	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sault Ste Marie Sanderson Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.2 cm (12.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Is Cntrl NE Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Odell Lake-East	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Mele	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kwajalein	Marshall Islands	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Altus Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alpine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bondurant	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

538 records

Records set or tied on 7 January 2019 by type: Highest daily maximum 79, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 190, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 202, Heaviest daily snowfall 39, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 7 January 2019 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	79
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	190
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	202
Heaviest daily snowfall	39
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 7 January 2019 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 529.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

434 broken records

Margins by which the 434 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 January 2019

Top 20 records on 7 January 2019 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 January 2019	Bowman Dam, US	daily snowfall	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	112 years	65 of 100 (Major)
7 January 2019	Portola, US	daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	53 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 January 2019	Vinton, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	53 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2019	Lancang, CN	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2019	Grand Portage, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	57 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2019	Paso de Los Toros, UY	monthly rain	166.6 mm (6.6 in)	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2019	Dulan, CN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2019	Malad City, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	65 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2019	Lancaster 4 WSW, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2019	Sigmarszell-Zeisertsweiler, DE	daily snow depth	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2019	Nevada City, US	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	77 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2019	Grand Marais, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.5 cm (4.9 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2019	Lucindale Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2019	Picabo, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	55 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2019	Pocahontas, US	daily high max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	104 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2019	W Pt, US	daily high min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	120 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2019	Howard, US	monthly high min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	76 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2019	Lynch, US	daily high min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	115 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2019	Escanaba, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	116 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2019	Washta, US	daily high min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	91 years	41 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1826 to 2019

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1826 to 2019. 2019 had 538 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 01-07 in each year
Year	Records
1826	1
1839	1
1846	1
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1858	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	2
1867	1
1869	1
1870	2
1871	1
1874	3
1877	5
1879	1
1880	1
1882	2
1885	3
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	5
1891	4
1893	1
1894	1
1896	4
1897	1
1898	5
1899	1
1900	5
1901	6
1902	5
1903	17
1904	3
1905	15
1906	19
1907	43
1908	19
1909	18
1910	14
1911	17
1912	56
1913	55
1914	11
1915	111
1916	53
1917	17
1918	57
1919	145
1920	60
1921	76
1922	180
1923	104
1924	206
1925	70
1926	91
1927	171
1928	212
1929	73
1930	449
1931	94
1932	216
1933	180
1934	645
1935	509
1936	529
1937	851
1938	192
1939	220
1940	697
1941	303
1942	702
1943	342
1944	283
1945	803
1946	834
1947	293
1948	740
1949	510
1950	377
1951	361
1952	386
1953	494
1954	409
1955	164
1956	283
1957	338
1958	416
1959	350
1960	440
1961	351
1962	855
1963	609
1964	218
1965	1,297
1966	614
1967	686
1968	1,305
1969	761
1970	1,139
1971	927
1972	395
1973	1,106
1974	892
1975	739
1976	1,127
1977	676
1978	485
1979	1,481
1980	700
1981	779
1982	1,416
1983	922
1984	657
1985	1,224
1986	717
1987	787
1988	2,940
1989	1,713
1990	688
1991	993
1992	993
1993	1,266
1994	1,226
1995	1,172
1996	1,945
1997	1,011
1998	2,599
1999	1,223
2000	696
2001	915
2002	1,296
2003	1,260
2004	928
2005	1,241
2006	1,164
2007	1,147
2008	1,806
2009	1,033
2010	1,899
2011	727
2012	537
2013	397
2014	2,632
2015	598
2016	704
2017	1,315
2018	1,026
2019	538
2020	446
2021	535
2022	895
2023	444
2024	690
2025	560
2026	725

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	412
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	2